Sunday, June 26, 2005

Things aren't always as good as they seem...

This weekend was different. Usually I enjoy going down to the shore, but this weekend made me think twice about the people I was so quick to pick up as my close friends. I may seem a little extreme, but this seems like a good way to vent the way I feel, as I know some of them may read this.
I would normally consider myself to be easygoing and strong... nothing usually gets to me. Usually. But I found myself in several situations this weekend that really opened my eyes and made me realize that sometimes people are too good to be true, and everyone can treat you like shit sometimes.
The first occured when I arrived at the shore to find many of the guys drunk. I had baked cupcakes for Mike's b-day, as Adam and I missed it last weekend. I thought it was a pretty thoughtfull gesture, as guys would never bake another guy cupcakes and it's just another bonus of having a female live in the house. So I bring a drunken Mike a plate full of cupcakes, and he immediately grabs one and chucks it across the front lawn. I couldn't believe someone could be so rude, and disrespectfull and proceed to tell him that. He then grabs the cupcake from the ground to eat it. It made me laugh, but I still felt hurt. I know I'm not perfect, and I know Mike was drunk, but I still felt hurt that I go out of my way to do something nice for someone and HE"S the one to shit on me.
The second incident may seem more trivial, but seemed to upset me a lot more. It really hit a nerve in me b/c this time it didn't just effect me, it affected someone I love and care about. And the worst part, was that it came from the person I felt closest to; the guy in the house who I consider to be one of my best friends, and I think because HE let me down is why it hurts so bad.
So Adam and I go to bed, and I plug my cell phone in our room. Somehow it manages to end up on the kitchen table and one of my good buddies from home happens to call as all the guys are WASTED in the living room, and hear it ring. Talk about the wrong place at the wrong time. Anyways, so one of the guys picks it up and proceeds to start shit with my friend on the other end. Jim, comes in my room while I'm asleep and asks if I know who Mark is, thinking there's some guy at the house asking for me, I say no. Then I hear more screaming, and people saying threatening things. I realize that they are talking to my friend Marc and have been doing this for a while now. Kory brings me my phone and I call him back. I finally manage to get him on the phone and he's FURIOUS. I tell him that I had nothing to do with it, and my friends were drunk. This doesn't seem to help, he's still upset and reminds me of Adam when he's drunk and we get into an argument. Marc is so mad... he doesn't like to be threatened and I don't think anyone would have thought it was funny if they were in his situation. Judging by what he told me, it seemed like my friends not only ruined my night, but his as well. When you piss someone off you are not only making them mad, they reflect that on the people they're with and it ruins their night, b/c their friend isn't having a good time.
I talk to Marc a lot. He's the one friend from MSU, that I didn't live with, that I consider to be one of my best friends. I tell him how much I like NJ, and how great the guys there treat me. I tell him how nice everyone is, and that he should come down and visit sometime. I tell him not to worry about me, and that I'm in good hands.
I'm honestly embarassed, that someone I thought so highly of, could say things so terrible, regardless if they knew he was someone I knew or not. I feel betrayed. It takes one night to completely change the way someone feels about you, and these guys definately made me question the way I feel about them.
I guess I'm just too friendly. Myabe I'm stupid for trusting and developing ideas about people so quickly.... maybe I just wanted people here, in NJ that I could call my friends.

1 comment:

Kris said...

I think that you have a right to be upset but don't forget that you were dealing with some drunk and, consequently, insensitive individuals. Did you tell them how you felt when they weren't drunk? That would have been a true test of their reactions to hurting your feelings. I'm sorry that this weekend wasn't nearly as fun for you as it was for us. I'll hope that next weekend will be better. Hang in there!